[OSCTC-planning] inessential weirdnesses in open source

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

Or a wiki would work fine:
https://openhatch.org/wiki/Open_source_norms_and_jargon

Don't have the time right now to start filling it out, but hopefully we can
turn this into a useful resource.


On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Shauna Gordon-McKeon <shaunagm at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the link, Sumana.  These are really thought-provoking examples.
>
> Some of them (git, IRC) are things we actively teach at Open Source Comes
> to Campus.  Especially with git, we try to stress that these are difficult
> tools and that it's entirely expected for folks to stumble and have
> problems with it.  With things like the licenses, or the free software vs
> open source debate, when it's come up at events I've been at, I try to
> stress that you don't really need to engage with it.
>
> But yeah, there's a lot of cultural stuff.  Enough that it's probably
> worth making, like, inessentialweirdnessinopensource.com or something
> more pithy with "these are some cultural and procedural norms.  you don't
> have to participate in them, but we thought we'd describe/explain them so
> you can choose whether or not to participate instead of just feeling
> overwhelmed and confused."
>
>
>
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> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Carol Willing <
> willingc at willingconsulting.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hi Sumana,
>>
>> A very interesting read. I enjoyed reading the linked documents too.
>> Thanks for passing along.
>>
>> Carol
>>
>>
>> On 8/10/14, 8:22 AM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote:
>>
>> I just published a post that I think OpenHatch event planners will be
>> interested in, on dependency management and inessential weirdnesses in
>> open source. http://www.harihareswara.net/sumana/2014/08/10/1
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>  *Carol Willing*
>> Developer | Willing Consulting
>> +1 760 456 9366 | https://willingconsulting.com
>>
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